Hoyoung
LUK focus · Thief · Anima
Cycles between Charm, Humanity, and Sage arts for unmatched mobility, burst, and party utility.
Legion effect
Grants flat LUK10/20/40/80/100
Link skill
Bravado
Enemy DEF Ignored: +15%, Damage +19% against enemies with 100% HP
Class overview
Hoyoung is LUK thief class part of the Anima class group. Hoyoung has two secondary resources called Talisman Energy and Scroll Energy
Attack stats
Base multipliers and passive boosts unlocked while leveling.
| Weapon Multiplier | 1.3x | |
|---|---|---|
| Attack Speed | 8 | Stage 6  +2 |
| Weapon Mastery | 90% | Base +20%  +70% |
| LUK | +60 & +15% to assigned AP |  +60  +15% to assigned AP |
| Attack | +14% +125(155) |  +4%  +10%  +25  +50 +40  +10  +30 |
| Crit Rate | +55% | Base +5%  +30% +10% +10% |
| Crit Damage | +40% | +10% +20% +10% |
| Damage | +10%(130%)(144% w/ Link Skill) |  +10%  +80% +14% to full HP enemies  +40% |
| Boss Damage | +20% | +20% |
| Final Damage | +99.56%(147.45%) | +10% × +5% × +9% ×  +10% × +31% × +10% × +10% in Stage 1+24% in Stage 2 |
| Ignore DEF | +41.68% | +10% × +10% × +10% ×  +20% |
| Summon Duration | +10% |  +10% |
All actives
Quick reference for buffs, summons, and defensive utility to keep track of.
| Active buffs |  [200s](Talisman) [200s] [100s](Scroll) |
|---|---|
| Summons & placables |  [90s](Talisman)  [100s](5s cd | Talisman)  [40s](Scroll)  [40s](120s cd | Scroll) |
| Buffs with cooldowns |  [9s](60s cd)  [20s](120s cd) [20s](120s cd)  [20s](60s cd) [30s](60s cd) [40s](120s cd) [2400s](300s cd) |
| Binds |  [11s](120s cd)  [10s](360s cd) |
| iFrames |  [2s](Dark Sight)  [Up to 20s](200 - 23.3s cd based on remaining duration) (180s cd)  [3.5s iFrame | 1800s Buff](400s cd | 1400s cd on revive) (360s cd) |
Inner ability
Suggested line rolls.
For Bossing
- Passive Skills +1
- Boss Damage +10%
- Damage to Abnormal Status +8%
For Training
- Meso Obtained +20%
- Item Drop Rate +15%
- Damage to Normal Monsters +8%
Hyper skills
Node picks once Lv.140+.
Empowered Harmony and Boss Rush Harmony
Guardbreaking Clones
Hasty Ghost Flame
Hasty Vortex
V Matrix nodes
Boost node pairings & notes.
Primary Trio
Secondary Trio
Tertiary Trio
Any combination of these skills are good but preferred from same category as you want to max primary first
6 Boost Nodes total are needed to reach Master Level 60 for these skills (with Matrix Points used)
- Nodes with the same Main Skill (skill at the top) cannot be equipped at the same time
Other notable combinations
Talisman Energy and Scroll Energy & Dark Sight
Talisman Energy and Scroll Energy
Hoyoung has two secondary resources called Talisman Energy and Scroll Energy that are used for Talisman Skills and Scroll Skills. In Hoyoung's gauge, the inner circle is the Talisman Energy and the outer ring is the Scroll Energy. Talisman Energy is charged by using Attribute Skills and Scroll Energy is charged by using Talisman Skills and Attribute Skills
Hoyoung's Attribute Skills are split into 3 different attributes, Humanity, Earth, and Heaven. On Hoyoung's gauge, there three orbs, that represent the Attribute Combo, each representing a different attribute. Using a unique attribute will increase the stage of your Attribute Combo and grant bonus Talisman Energy. Once you consume all three orbs (Stage 3), the Attribute Combo resets
Talisman Energy is unlocked at 1st Job while Scroll Energy is unlocked at 3rd Job
Dark Sight
Credits to the Night Walker Discord for the list of attacks avoidable with Dark Sight. For an actively maintained version, please check out the Night Walker Discord
In 2nd Job, using the clone version of Attribute Skills will trigger Out of Sight to briefly grant 
Dark Sight state. Below is a list of avoidable attacks that have been tested:
Out of Sight to briefly grant Dark Sight state. Below is a list of avoidable attacks that have been tested:| Boss | Avoidable Attack |
|---|---|
| All Enemies | Touch Damage |
| Hilla | Lightning Bolt, Flame Breath |
| Cygnus | All minion touch damage + attacks |
| Ursus | Falling Debris |
| Princess No | Butterfly Throw, Sakura Shower |
| Magnus | Immobilizing Gas, Falling Debris, Dash |
| Papulatus | Hand Smash, Floor Rift, Timed Cursed/Seal, Falling Debris |
| Gollux | Reverse / 99% Bomb |
| Crimson Queen | Burn DoT |
| Pierre | Falling Hats, Fire Spin (Blue Form) |
| Von Bon | Falling Debris |
| Vellum | Falling Stun Rocks |
| Pink Bean (Statuses) | All attacks except Laser, Poison Clouds, Mini Pink Beans |
| Pink Bean | Blue ground attack, Big Bang, Mini Pink Beans |
| Lotus | Phase 2 Stun Debris |
| Damien | Falling Fireballs, Dash, Thorn Bind |
| Will | P1 Red Meteors, P2 Web, P2 Dash |
| Guardian Angel Slime | Slime Pool DoT, Slime minion touch damage |
| Verus Hilla | Corpse DoT |
| Gloom | Falling Debris |
| Darknell | Debris, Small Minion touch damage |
| Black Mage | Red Lightning, Falling Debris, Knights' Dash |
| Seren | Dash, Falling Debris |
References & thanks
This guide cross-checks data from the following resources.